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I'm Still Here
“It’s one measure of Latin America’s arduous history that it has spawned so many books and movies about dictatorship… What they share is the awareness that history hurts. Few films have shown this with more delicate intelligence than I’m Still Here.” – NPR
“Torres’s performance here is a marvel of expressive restraint, every glance merging horrified disbelief and meticulous self-control.” – The New Yorker
““I’m Still Here” is one of the best films I’ve ever seen about the power of family.” – Chicago Sun-Times
97% on Rotten Tomatoes
Winner of Best International Feature at the 97th Academy Awards
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The real-life story of Eunice Paiva (Fernanda Torres), whose terrifying experience of sequestration and loss during Brazil’s military dictatorship transformed her into an activist, lawyer, and hero. Based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s memoir, I’m Still Here transports us to Rio de Janeiro in the early 1970s when Brazil’s dictatorship sought to exert its authority through detentions and disappearances. The latest from Walter Salles, director of the Oscar-nominated Central Station and the Oscar-winning The Motorcycle Diaries, focuses on Eunice Paiva, whose terrifying experiences transformed her into a national hero.
